snuffing
Word-form referencessnuff
Noun
The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
The act of one who, or that which, snuffs or makes a low sniffing sound.
- Examples
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Then there were frantic snuffings under the doors, and a general agitation.
More examples (1)
It was early on the fifteenth day that I heard a curious familiar sequence of sounds in the kitchen, and, listening, identified it as the snuffing and scratching of a dog.
Word forms
snuffings